I am looking for a website/design tool to design a garden and landscaping before I actually plant. Any ideas?
July 5th, 2009 | 
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am looking for a way to help see my landscaping and gardening come together before I start planting and landscaping. Any ideas of websites or tools that let you put in a design of your house and fencing and start from there?
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best bet is to go on bbc and download virtual gardn you can design where you put things and its all free!
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There is a good free online tutorial at on how to plan a landscape, that includes some good tools like a landscape goals assessment, how to find suitable plants, and how to develop a plot plan. The downside is that you still develop the plot plan on paper, but it walks you through the steps in an easy to follow way. There is also a great list of 1,000 plants that you can search by color, size or sun/shade needs, and much more.
There are many, many pieces of design software on the market today. From professional versoins costing thousands of dollars to free versions. So I think the best thing to do is give you a couple of links and chech out the free software from google.
It’s better to use multiple websites and make your own decisions on the problem. I think it will help you more.